Journal-box lift



Patented Apr. 14, 1925.

UNITED STATES BERT BRANNEN, OF KEYSER, WEST VIRGINIA.

JOURNAL-BOX LIFT.

Application filed September 15, 1923. Serial No. 662,907.

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Be it known that I, BERT BRANNEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Keyser, in the county of Mineral and State of Vest Virginia,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Journal-Box Lifts;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of the present invention is the provision of means whereby tofacilitate the renewal of the brass or bearing of a car wheel j ournal.A further purpose of the invention is the provision of meanswherebyv thewheel is prevented from rising during the lifting of the journal box torelease the brass or bearing preliminary to replacement, said meansutilizing the wheel as a rest for the fulcrum of the lifting bar.

Other objects and advantages will be al parent and suggest themselves asthe nature of the invention is understood.

IVhile the drawings illustrate an embodiment of the invention it is tobe understood that in adapting the saine to meet different conditionsand requirements,various changes in the forni, proportion and minordetails of construction may be resorted to without departing from thenature of the invention.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a partof the application:

Figure 1 is an end view illustrating the application of the invention,the dotted lines showing a car wheel and journal box and the full linesdesignatingr an ordinary lifting jack and the lifting means,

Figure 2 is a side view of the parts shown in Figure 1, l

Figure 3 is a perspective view of a lifting bar, t

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the block which is placed upon thelifting bar and engages the journal boX, and

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the lifting bar fulcrum.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and designated in the several views of the drawings by likereference characters.

The numeral l designates the lifting bar which may be of any determinatelength and which usually consists of forged steel and which tapersslightly in length with its outer end portion upwardly offset and formedin Vits under side with a notch 2 to .engage the foot of any ordinarylifting jack employed in connection with railroads. A fulcrum 4 isfitted to a side of the lifting bar l adjacent its pivot end. Thefulcrum l consists of a case-hardened bar of square form arranged toprovide a knife-edge fulcrum which is adapted to engage the inner sideof the rim or tread of a car wheel, as indicated most clearly in Figure2. A steel block 5 is provided to rest upon the lifting bar a shortdistance from its pivot end and engage the journal boX, whereby to liftthe latterI when the outer end of the lifting bar is 4moved upwardly bynieans'of the j ack 3 or in any other preferred and convenient way. Itis observed that the pivot vend of the lifting bar engaging the rim ortread of the wheel holds the latter down and prevents its rising whenlifting the journal box to releasev the brass or bearing when itisrequired to renew the saine. In its application, the lifting barconstitutes a lever of the second order.

What is claimed is: n

1. A journal box lift consisting of a rigid elongated lifting bar, saidlifting bar being operable as a lever of the secondclass and adjacentone end having substantially trans versely disposed knife-edge fulcrummeans engageable with the inner surface of a car wheel flange to anchorthe lifting bar against displacement7 said lifting bar extendingoutwardly'beyond an engaged journal boX a d upwardly with respect to itsfulcrum end to facilitate lifting.

2. A journal box lift consisting of a rigid elongated lifting bar, saidlifting bar being operable as a lever of the second class and adjacentone end having substantially transversely disposed knife-edge fulcruinmeans engageable with the inner surface of a car wheel flange to anchorthe lifting bar against displacement, said lifting bar extendingoutwardly beyond an engaged journal box and upwardly with respect to itsfulcrum end and provided with a notch in its under surface to facilitatelifting.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BERT BRANNEN.

Witnesses:

H. C. Honoris, J. G. STEWART.

